The
Mission Dolores district of
San Francisco is the heart of the local
Hispanic community. It's home to a great many
Mexican and
South American grocery stores,
bakeries,
restaurants, etc. It also has a number of interesting
murals. Certainly an interesting place to walk around.
As with most neighborhoods in San Francisco, despite its label it's really not in any way
homogeneous (inasmuch as any 100% Hispanic area could be considered remotely homogeneous anyway!). The Mission district also contains a number of quality
used bookstores,
music stores and
comic book stores that don't actually cater to the
Spanish-speaking community, plus
China Books and
Good Vibrations.
Go figure.